Dancing Popcorn & Other Thanksgiving Science Experiments

Science can be so much fun when you do simple Thanksgiving science experiments like dancing popcorn. Corn & cranberries are classic foods for fall or Thanksgiving.

I spent the weekend with my granddaughters and decided to do some fun experiments, even preschoolers or kindergarteners can do.

I made a few videos for you so your kids can have fun with Dancing Popcorn and Cranberry Chemistry. Check them out below, along with the directions.

Dancing Popcorn

And this one below which uses red food coloring … which is fun but makes it harder to see the hopping corn. The clear water without food coloring is easier to see the chemical reaction between an acid and base.

How can your kids make dancing popcorn?

All you need are a few items: clear glass, water, baking soda, popcorn and vinegar. That’s it. You can make dancing popcorn any day with these everyday items. Here’s how:

We have an acid and a base (baking soda & vinegar). When these two mis together, a carbon dioxide gas is made. It’s the carbon dioxide that makes the corn dance up and down… dancing or hopping popcorn.

Now it’s time to try one more dancing or hopping chemistry experiment. Let’s look at Cranberry Chemistry. This Thanksgiving science activity is the easiest one ever.

One Response to Dancing Popcorn & Other Thanksgiving Science Experiments

This is such a neat idea. I am doing a Thanksgiving unit with the prek/k class I teach at our homeschool co-op and I think we will be using it tomorrow or next week. I will be sure to link back to your post when I share about it in my Littles Learning Link Up this week (or next week, whenever I post about it).
I would love if you could stop by Tots and Me…Growing Up Together to share this post on Littles Learning Link Up.http://totsandme.blogspot.com/2019/11/littles-learning-link-up-dissecting-owl.html

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